Atlas languages

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Geographicdistribution: Atlas Mountains, Souss		Glottolog: atla1275

Linguistic classification: Afro-AsiaticBerberNorthern BerberAtlas languages Subdivisions: ShilhaCentral MoroccanSenhaja de SrairGhomara

The Atlas languages, or more exactly Moroccan Atlas, are a subgroup of the Northern Berber languages spoken in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. By mutual intelligibility, they are a single language spoken by perhaps 14 million people; however, they are distinct sociolinguistically and are considered separate languages by the Royal institute of the Amazigh culture. They are,

Central Moroccan Tamazight (Central Atlas Berber)

Shilha (Tashelhiyt; also rendered Tachelhit, Tasusit; includes Judeo-Berber and perhaps the extinct Lisan al-Gharbi)

Senhaja de Srair in the southern part of the Rif

Ghomara in the western part of the Rif

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Atlas languages Wikipedia

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